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The protective mask freshly delivered to Kylian Mbappé, as it stands, cannot be approved by UEFA.
It was with a tricolor mask on his nose that Kylian Mbappé arrived at training this Thursday, on the eve of the group match between France and the Netherlands, at Euro 2024. His nose broken in a duel with the Austrian Kevin Danso on Monday evening, the captain of the Blues will quickly have received this tailor-made protective device. Enough to claim to play against the Batavians?
The question arises, and not only for the presumed competitiveness of the 25-year-old striker. As he wore it this Thursday, Kylian Mbappé’s mask cannot be validated by UEFA if we are to believe the regulations in terms of equipment. “
Medical equipment worn on the field of play must be solid colored and must not display any team or manufacturer identification », stipulates article 42.
A technical meeting Friday morning
No blue-white-red, therefore, no rooster, no stars, and even less a personified logo – “KM” in this case. To obtain approval for any new equipment, a selection must go through a technical meeting with UEFA. A validation stage which will be held this Friday morning.
According to RMC, the French team should not be hampered in its desire to field the future Real Madrid player against the Dutch. For the good and simple reason that other masks have reached Kylian Mbappé. “ Some of which are plain, which he could wear in competition “.
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